The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk...
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its...
Seek always to do some good somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way...
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being....
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength...
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary profound...
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things man...
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by...
A man is ethical only when life as such is sacred to him that of plants...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...